CVE-2014-3956

The smcloseonexec function in conf.c in sendmail before 8.14.9 has arguments in the wrong order, and consequently skips setting expected FDCLOEXEC flags, which allows local users to access unintended high-numbered file descriptors via a custom mail-delivery program...

sendmail file descriptor leakage

File descriptors are not closed on external applications call...

FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-14:11.sendmail

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-14:11.sendmail Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: sendmail improper close-on-exec flag handling Category: contrib Module: sendmail Announced: 2014-06-...

Sendmail < 8.14.9 close-on-exec SMTP Connection Manipulation

The remote mail server is running a version of Sendmail prior to 8.14.9. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw related to file descriptors and the 'close-on-exec' flag that may allow a local attacker to cause unspecified impact on open SMTP connections. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

FreeBSD-SA-14:11.sendmail

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-14:11.sendmail Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: sendmail improper close-on-exec flag handling Category: contrib Module: sendmail Announced:...

FreeBSD -- sendmail improper close-on-exec flag handling

Problem Description: There is a programming error in sendmail8 that prevented open file descriptors have close-on-exec properly set. Consequently a subprocess will be able to access all open files that the parent process have open. Impact: A local user who can execute their own program for mail...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2014:086)

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability : It was discovered that libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML files, incorrectly performs entity substituton in the doctype prolog, even if the application using libxml2 disabled any entity substitution. A remote...

Updated libxml2 packages fix CVE-2014-0191

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability: It was discovered that libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML files, incorrectly performs entity substituton in the doctype prolog, even if the application using libxml2 disabled any entity substitution. A remote...

Updated asterisk packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated asterisk packages fix security vulnerabilities: In Asterisk before 11.6.1, a 16 bit SMS message that contains an odd message length value will cause the message decoding loop to run forever. The message buffer is not on the stack but will be overflowed resulting in corrupted memory and an...

CVE-2011-4327

ssh-keysign.c in ssh-keysign in OpenSSH before 5.8p2 on certain platforms executes ssh-rand-helper with unintended open file descriptors, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information via the ptrace system call...

ESXi 5.1 < Build 1312873 File Descriptors Privilege Escalation (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi 5.1 host is affected by an error in the handling of certain Virtual Machine file descriptors. This could allow an unprivileged user with the 'Add Existing Disk' privilege to obtain read and write access to arbitrary files, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution after ...

ESXi 5.5 < Build 1474526 File Descriptors Privilege Escalation (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi 5.5 host is affected by an error in the handling of certain Virtual Machine file descriptors. This could allow an unprivileged user with the 'Add Existing Disk' privilege to obtain read and write access to arbitrary files, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution after ...

VMware ESXi/ESX unauthorized file access through vCenter Server and ESX (VMSA-2013-0016) - Remote Version Check

VMware ESXi and ESX unauthorized file access through vCenter Server and ESX. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

VMware ESXi/ESX unauthorized file access through vCenter Server and ESX (VMSA-2013-0016) - Local Version Check

VMware ESXi and ESX unauthorized file access through vCenter Server and ESX. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

JVN#13154935: VMware ESX and ESXi may allow access to arbitrary files

VMware ESX and ESXi contain a vulnerability in the handling of Virtual Machine file descriptors, which may allow access to arbitrary ESX and ESXi files. Impact Users that have privileges to execute "Add New Disk" or "Add Existing Disk" in vCenter Server may obtain read and write access to arbitra...

libxml2 -- entity substitution DoS

Stefan Cornelius reports: It was discovered that libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML files, incorrectly performs entity substitution in the doctype prolog, even if the application using libxml2 disabled any entity substitution. A remote attacker could provide a...

Superuser unsanitized environment vulnerability on Android &lt;= 4.2.x

Vulnerable releases of several common Android Superuser packages may allow malicious Android applications to execute arbitrary commands as root without notifying the device owner: - ChainsDD Superuser current releases, including v3.1.3 - CyanogenMod/ClockWorkMod/Koush Superuser current releases,...

ESXi 5.0 < Build 1311175 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by the following security vulnerabilities : - Multiple errors exist related to OpenSSL that could allow information disclosure or denial of service attacks. CVE-2013-0166, CVE-2013-0169 - An error exists in the libxml2 library related to the expansion o...

Remoting: DoS by file descriptor exhaustion

The org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread class in Red Hat JBoss Remoting for Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3.1 GA, Web Platform 5.2.0, Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0, and other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service file descriptor consumption via...

libipa_hbac, sssd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:1319 Updated sssd packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVS...